Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (2802.T)

4,252.00 -22.00 (-0.51%) At close: 03:15PM JST

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8315
Japan
81 3 5250 8111
https://www.ajinomoto.co.jp

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Full Time Employees: 34,198

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Taro Fujie	Representative Exec. Officer, Pres, CEO & Director	N/A	N/A	1961
Mr. Saburosuke Suzuki II	Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Tetsuya Nakano	Exec. Officer, VP and In Charge of Fin. & Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Chika Morishima	Exec. Officer and In charge of Sustainability & Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Jiro Sakamoto	Exec Officer, VP, GM of NA Div and Pres of Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition NA Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Takayuki Koda	Exec. Officer, Sr. VP, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Transformation Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Narutoshi Fukase	Exec. Officer, VP and Deputy GM of Food Products Division & Supervision of Food Products Sales	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Junichiro Kojima	Exec. Officer, VP & GM of Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Yoshiteru Masai	Exec. Officer, Sr. VP & GM of Food Products Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Tatsuya Sasaki	Exec. Officer, Sr. VP, GM of Global Corp. & Corp. Service Division and Director	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in JPY.

Description

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. engages in the seasonings and foods, frozen foods, and healthcare and other businesses in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Seasonings and Foods; Frozen Foods; and Healthcare and Others. The Seasonings and Foods segment offers sauces and seasonings products under the AJI-NO-MOTO, HON-DASHI, Cook Do, Ajinomoto KK Consommé, Pure Select Mayonnaise, Ros Dee, Masako, Aji-ngon, Sazón, Sajiku, and CRISPY FRY names; and solutions and ingredients to consumer foods and food service industries. This segment also provides instant noodles under the Knorr Cup Soup and YumYum names; coffee under the Birdy and Blendy brands; powdered drink under the Birdy 3in1 name; MAXIM products; Chyotto Zeitakuna Kohiten products; and gift sets and office supplies comprising coffee vending machines, tea servers, etc. The Frozen Foods segment offers Chinese dumplings, cooked rice, noodles, desserts, shumai, processed chicken, and other products. The Healthcare and Other segment provides amino acids to various industries, such as pharmaceuticals and foods; sports nutrition products; and personal care ingredients, as well as engages in the provision of contract manufacturing services for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients, and sterile products. This segment also offers Ajinomoto Build-up Film, an interlayer insulating material for semiconductor packages; food and drink products under the Glyna, Amino Aile, and amino VITAL names; and functional materials. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Corporate Governance

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of January 1, 2023 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder Rights: 4; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.